Seaweed Phylogeography Adaptation and Evolution of Seaweeds under En
The book provides an overview of research on the remarkable diversity, adaptive genetic differentiation, and evolutionary complexity of intertidal macroalgae species. Through incorporating molecular data, ecological niche and model-based phylogeographic i
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Seaweed Phylogeography Adaptation and Evolution of Seaweeds under Environmental Change
Seaweed Phylogeography
Zi-Min Hu Ceridwen Fraser •
Editors
Seaweed Phylogeography Adaptation and Evolution of Seaweeds under Environmental Change
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Editors Zi-Min Hu Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao China
ISBN 978-94-017-7532-8 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7534-2
Ceridwen Fraser Fenner School of Environment and Society Australian National University Canberra, ACT Australia
ISBN 978-94-017-7534-2
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Preface
Why Seaweed Phylogeography, Why Now? Although species-level research on seaweeds, at least with regard to climate change, lags behind similar work in terrestrial environments, there is no reason that phycologists could not model a research program based on the successes of terrestrial botanists, foresters, and agricultural scientists. Harley CDG et al. (J Phycol, 2012, 48:1064−1078)
Seaweeds (marine macroalgae) are a group of photosynthesizing organisms that generally attach to rock or other hard substrata in coastal areas. Ecologically, many species form dense forests to provide protective habitats for a wide range of flora and fauna, maintain coastal community by modifying physical structure, form the base of the marine food chain, and serve as the primary producers and carbon sinks. It is estimated that, globally, kelps can assimilate about 1.8 kg carbon m−2 year−1, exceeding the primary production of marine phytoplankton by up to ten times. Economically, seaweeds are used by humans for food, feed, fertilizer, cosmetics, mariculture, pharmaceutical industry, and biofuels. Seaweeds are critical components of marine biodiversity and play vital roles in ec
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